MATAU

Regimental number16/1189
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinFather, Manvaroa, Arorangi, Rarotonga
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Maori Contingent, Rarotongans, Attached A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Auckland on board Navua on 5 February 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of disease 29 August 1916
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialWimereux Communal Cemetery (Plot I, Row P, Grave No 27A), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Manavaroa and Maki, Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 25, p. 2